Cancer In The Water

Learn more about a toxic chemical being found in drinking water throughout America

Over a million people in rural California have a highly toxic chemical in their water that some experts say is one of the most powerful cancer causing agents in the world.

It was sold to farmers as a pesticide when Dow & Shell knew it was simply toxic waste that they wanted to sell, rather than pay for disposal — similar to what’s being done with fluoride in municipal water supplies.

The problem is not limited to California and it’s not limited to this particular chemical.